Phnom Penh Stories


Deep respect

So I had no idea what to expect from Cambodia. The Khmer’s have ruled over all of Cambodia and further; a powerful civilization which was well known in South-East Asia in the 11th century. Nowadays however we consider it as an underdeveloped country and it’s still far behind other Asiatic nations in economic terms. Nonetheless the remains of the once so...


Phnom Penh

Four months after my return from Asia and little did I know I could travel again this soon. This time I went to Cambodia and Vietnam. This trip is not as long as the last one. Nonetheless, it gives meaning to life, to travel, learn, to get out and see the world. There is a lot to see out there. Obviously, I have to pack light. My backpack only weighed...


And suddenly it had been six weeks...

On Friday we finished our teaching placement at CCOLT and we are still not quite sure where the time went. The last week was a whirlwind of final "past simple" tests, emergency market visits and more emotions than we could have imagined. In fact, it still hasn't quite sunk in that we aren't there anymore. We have had the most amazing time and will not ...


A quick update two weeks in...

We have been teaching at CCOLT for two weeks now and are definitely settled in (especially now that Zoe has finally mastered the names of the five children in her class!). We managed to sort it so that we didn't have to teach the evening classes because we realised after one of them that it was just too difficult (the kids don't speak enough English for...